for our free usaa retirement guide, call 877-242-usaa. >>> good morning. it's 8:00 on the east coast and of a:00 on the west coast. we have mark pal person and richard hoss. david ig neighbors and elizabeth miller. there fresh polls out showing there is very little support for leaders in washington to boast about. 47% of americans approve of the job president obama is doing mom paired to 50% dis, prove. his rating dropped 15 percentage points since january. despite recent outreach to republicans, 57% believe the president is not doing enough to cooperate and 70% thinking the gop is not reaching out. as far as the budget, 31% approve the way the president supports the way the money is being spent and when asked whose approach is better, 47% sided with the president and 46% sided with republicans and i wonder, joe, if this is at least inspiration enough for them to just get it. is anyone going to get worse than this? why can't they get something done? >> the pressure is more on the president for this reason. i found that everybody hated lawyers. but everybod